B2650 Alternator Output for LED Lights?

s219 · Feb 3, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
Now I am installing 6 x 18 watt NiLight LED cubes, 1.5 amps each, or 9 amps total. I'm actually ahead of the game by 1 amp compared to stock.

There is a 10 amp fuse circuit at the rear right side, you'll see the labeled tag sticking out of the wire bundle there, you'll peel the tape off to free the male and female terminals and run them through a toggle switch. I'm mounting the switch on my right side plastic fender cover, right beside the little cell phone pocket.

So I'll be able to hit that switch and pass the 12 volts up to the 6 cubes that will be creating a 360ｰ halo of light around the machine.

Not sure why you need so much light -- I have two 18W LEDs, front and back, and my tractor looks like a UFO flying over the Earth at low altitude -- but absolutely you should split up the controls and have multiple switches, especially with so many lights. You will want specific control. On my tractor, RTV, and boat, I have run into many situations where it's preferable to only have specific lights on -- it actually enhances your vision and doesn't hurt night vision as much if you are only lighting up the area you're needing to light up. For example, on my boat, when coming into my creek at night, I only have the long range spot light on, so the water and shore about 50' ahead is lit up, but I still have my night vision for everything else at short range (including the console controls, instruments, etc). Have noticed the same thing with my tractor operating at night, and for that matter, same deal with cars/trucks at night. You want to illuminate the target in the direction you need to be looking, but not totally burn your night vision at close range or be in a ballpark light bubble.

Other thing to be aware of -- on the B models, the ROPS is very narrow. If you mount forward facing lights on the ROPS, expect the side scatter to possibly interfere with your peripheral vision and cause some side glare. I had this problem with my previous B2920. I moved the same exact lights over to my L3200, and it's a non-issue because the ROPS is a good bit wider. It was so bad on the B, I contemplated either putting side shields on the lights, or moving them forward of the operator's station.

Peter 315 · Feb 3, 2018

I have one led light bar mounted on the rops in the summer at night it attracts all the bugs

rkidd · Feb 4, 2018

s219 said:
Not sure why you need so much light -- I have two 18W LEDs, front and back, and my tractor looks like a UFO flying over the Earth at low altitude -- but absolutely you should split up the controls and have multiple switches, especially with so many lights. You will want specific control. On my tractor, RTV, and boat, I have run into many situations where it's preferable to only have specific lights on -- it actually enhances your vision and doesn't hurt night vision as much if you are only lighting up the area you're needing to light up. For example, on my boat, when coming into my creek at night, I only have the long range spot light on, so the water and shore about 50' ahead is lit up, but I still have my night vision for everything else at short range (including the console controls, instruments, etc). Have noticed the same thing with my tractor operating at night, and for that matter, same deal with cars/trucks at night. You want to illuminate the target in the direction you need to be looking, but not totally burn your night vision at close range or be in a ballpark light bubble.

Other thing to be aware of -- on the B models, the ROPS is very narrow. If you mount forward facing lights on the ROPS, expect the side scatter to possibly interfere with your peripheral vision and cause some side glare. I had this problem with my previous B2920. I moved the same exact lights over to my L3200, and it's a non-issue because the ROPS is a good bit wider. It was so bad on the B, I contemplated either putting side shields on the lights, or moving them forward of the operator's station.

I also have 2- 27 watts facing front and 2- facing rear which really light up the world and have been very happy with them. As s219 did, I wanted a switch for each set of fronts and rears to be able to run fronts or rears separately or both together which is a nice feature. Alot of times I am just running the fronts. I also found through testing that my LEDs rated at a 1.9 amp draw really only draw about 1.5 amps which is a good thing.